2023-10-05 13:54:33
He hailed “a sacred monster of French journalism”. Emmanuel Macron will give a speech on Monday to make a man of Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, who died on Tuesday, according to information from BFMTV confirmed by Le Parisien. This speech will take place around 10 a.m. at the headquarters of France Télévisions, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, during a ceremony paying tribute to the journalist and former boss of the group during which a plaque in his memory will be unveiled.
Its CEO, Delphine Ernotte, “decided to name the main building of the Paris headquarters” “Maison Jean-Pierre Elkabbach”, according to a press release from France Télévisions released this Thursday.
The death of Jean-Pierre Elkabbach at the age of 86, veteran of political journalism and also former boss of Europe 1 and Public Senate, sparked a shower of tributes from his peers and the political world. The day after his death, the President of the Republic stressed that his disappearance occurred “on the eve of the 65th anniversary of our Fifth Republic, he who was always there, on each of its major dates”.
The “king of the interview” of the Fifth Republic
Known as the “king of interviews”, Jean-Pierre Elkabbach covered political news under eight Presidents of the Republic and around twenty Prime Ministers. He had managed to rise to the top of journalism as many times as he had fallen from grace. The insatiably curious man also boasted of being the “record holder for layoffs”, when his detractors rather mocked his eternal fascination with power, whatever its face.
After being head of news at Antenne 2, the journalist was CEO of France 2 and France 3 from 1993 to 1996. He encouraged the rise of new presenters like Jean-Luc Delarue, Arthur and Nagui. . After the revelation of the contracts worth hundreds of millions of francs awarded to the star hosts-producers of France 2, he was however forced to resign in 1996.
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